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TIL the official state gem of Washington is petrified wood

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yQNga TIL that the first shipping container was invented and patented in 1956 by the owner of an American trucking fleet, which reduced his shipping cost from $5.86 to .16 cents, paving the way for globalisation and mass intercontinental shipping.
eJ7J TIL in 2010 the RIKEN institute in Japan created mutant cherry blossom trees by firing ion beams at them in a particle accelerator. The mutated trees now bloom 4 times a year and produce more flowers.
E1po TIL a few months after the Va Tech shooting a Chinese student decapitated a female student in the dining hall.
PYeE TIL A woodchuck can chuck 361.9237001 cubic centimeters of wood per a day.
WkMMd TIL that there are over 89,000 children on the Sex Offender Registry (some as young as 7 years old!)